Want attention and jail time? Post a violent threat on Yik Yak

Ars Technica 2015-10-14

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At least three individuals nationwide have been arrested in recent days after they were accused of making violent threats on Yik Yak.

The trio includes Emily Hikari Sakamoto, an Emory University student, as well as an unnamed 17-year-old from Cottonwood County, Minnesota, and James Wofford, a 30-year-old who threatened police in Austin, Texas.

Earlier this month, a student in Virginia was sentenced to time served—one month—after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct.

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